Mar. 17, 2021
The United Arab Emirates will not be a part of any internal electioneering in Israel, now or ever, former Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash said on Wednesday, pouring cold water on reports of a planned visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a tweet, the former minister stated that from the UAE’s perspective, the purpose of the Abrahamic Accords is to provide a robust strategic foundation to foster peace and prosperity with the State of Israel and in the wider region, rather than interfering in inernal elections.
According to reports by Israel Hayom newspaper and The Jerusalem Post, the visit was scheduled to take place on Thursday.
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Mar. 17, 2021
The Kafkaesque events surrounding the cancellation of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Abu Dhabi, and even earlier the nixing of the walkabout on the Temple Mount by Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein, are further proof that the prime minister is neither Mr. Security nor a security asset. Not only is he repeatedly damaging relations with Jordan, which are cool already, he’s insulting the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Four times now Netanyahu has canceled his meeting with Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and de facto ruler of the UAE; the fourth time came last Thursday. Netanyahu and his confidant, Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, pressed for a hasty two-hour meeting at the airport, whose only purpose was a photo-op for the final days of Israel’s election campaign. Prince Mohammed realized he’d be an extra on the set of the campaign, was unenthusiastic, but he agreed. But then things started to go wrong.
Netanyahu takes ties with Jordan to the brink
Osama Al-Sharif
March 16, 2021 22:24
Jordan’s King Abdullah with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before their meeting at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jan. 16, 2014. (Reuters)
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Last week’s showdown between Jordan and Israel over the obstruction of a previously agreed visit by Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem to mark a Muslim holy occasion, and Amman’s retaliation by scuttling a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a regional country, has taken ties between the two countries to the brink.